Read the full judgment text of HCAL 487/2018 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 19 December 2019.
1. The applicant is a 32-year-old national of Pakistan who entered Hong Kong illegally on 18 March 2016 and was arrested by police on the same day. After he was referred to the Immigration Department for investigation, he raised a non-refoulement claim on the basis that if he returned to Pakistan he would be harmed or killed by his paternal uncle over a land dispute in his home village. He was subsequently released on recognizance pending the determination of his claim.
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